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Daily Bulletin

Editor: Mark Horton / Co-Ordinator : Jean-Paul Meyer / Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacob,Fernando Lema, Brent Manley, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi / Lay-out Editor : Francesca CanaliPhotographer : Arianna Testa

THURSDAY,JUNE 22 2017

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Runners-up p. 2

A Good Score for the 2017 Edition p. 2

A View of the Bridge p. 2

Tough Teams Fight it Out p. 3

Wolfson vs Kaminski (a) p. 7

Wolfson vs Kaminski (b) p. 13

E Lucevan le Stelle p. 14

Battle on the Summit p. 17

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Today:[ 18 pairs are playing the Final of Women/Seniors pairs[ 46 pairs from Semi-final A and 6 from Semi-final B in open pairs will qualify for the final, played on Friday and Saturday

On Friday 23 June a pressconference will be held at 11:00 (see the map for the location).Attendants:Yves Aubry Jan KamrasJosef Harsanyi Barry RigalFIGB representativeJournalists and players are welcome.Cocktail to follow

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Open Pairs Semi-finals (A/B)10.30 - 12.50 Session 112.50 - 14.00 Lunch break14.00 - 16:20 Session 216.40 - 19:00 Session 3

Women/Senior Pairs Finals10.30 - 12.40 Session 112.40 - 14.00 Lunch Break14.00 - 16.10 Session 216.40 - 19.40 Session 3

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Results

Bracket

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Open Teams Winners: HIGHLANDERSHarald Eide, Sven Olai Hoyland, Lars Eide, Sam Inge Hoyland

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END OF PAIRS COMPETITIONS

PRESS CONFERENCE

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After yet another thrilling final it was Highlanders Harald Eide, Lars Eide, Sam Inge Hoyland, Sven Olai Hoyland, who emerged as the new European Open Team Champions. They fell behind early in the match, but drew level at the end of the third set, got their noses in front at the start of the last set and resisted every challenge thrown down by their gallant opponents, Greece Konstantinos Doxiadis, Aris Filios, Konstantinos Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Yankos Papakyriakopoulos, Petros Roussos, who took the silver medals.The bronze medals went to China Open Yunlong Chen, Jianming Dai, Jianwei Li, Lixin Yang, Bangxiang Zhang, Jie Zhao, Gang Chen and Mazurkiewicz, Stanislaw Golebiowski, Krzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Wlodzimierz Starkowski.

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montecatini, Italy

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Open Teams 2nd: GREECEPetros Roussos, Konstantinos Doxiadis, Konstantinos Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Aris Filios, Yankos Papakyriakopoulos

Open Teams 3rd: CHINA OPENGang Chen, Jie Zhao, Jianwei Li, Yunlong Chen, Lixin Yang, Bangxiang Zhang, Jianming Dai

Open Teams 3rd: MAZURKIEWICZStanislaw Golebiowski, Krzysztof Jassem, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Marcin Mazurkiewicz

A VIEW OF THE BRIDGEThe EBL have appointed David Bird, Bill Jacobs, Larry Cohen, Graham Osborne, Mark Horton and Roland Wald to act as BBO commentators. They may be joined from time to time by Jon Cooke and Stephen Kennedy.These are the assignments for today (Women / Seniors Pairs Finals):F-1-1 BBO1 Roland Wald - David BirdF-1-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Mark HortonF-2-1 BBO1 Mark Horton - David BirdF-2-2 BBO1 Roland Wald - Larry Cohen

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A GOOD SCORE FOR THE 2017 EDITION

Montecatini is the 8th European open championship, whose first edition was played in Menton 1993;Looking carefully at the figures below one can see:Participation in the Pairs is better than in the 2 previous editions, in Tromsø and Ostend but inferior to the others, except Tenerife. However, the figures show a very high attendance for the teams, practically a record only beaten by Menton by a short-head.

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MIXED PAIRS 280 219 215 278 307 266 240 391

OPEN PAIRS 247 223 299 376 303 295 208 360

WOMEN PAIRS 74 49 41 49 92 73 73 97

SENIOR PAIRS 63 44 38 53 74 58 62 101

TOTAL PAIRS 664 535 593 756 776 692 583 949

MIXED TEAMS 114 87 99 90 91 71 70 118

OPEN TEAMS 122 102 121 119 129 104 83 137

WOMEN TEAMS 30 20 24 24 23 20 21 24

SENIOR TEAMS 28 14 22 18 27 19 18 29

TOTAL TEAMS 294 223 266 251 270 214 192 308

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Open Teams SemifinalGreece vs China Open

Going into their Open Teams semi-final match, Greece and China Open both had momentum. Greece had taken the measure of a star-studded Lavazza team. China Open had dispatched the strong team known as ERA, which included the formidable Russian partnership of Andrey Gromov and Alexander Dubinin.

Greece sent the following lineup into the fray: Konstantinos Doxiadis, Aris Filios, Konstantinos Kontomitros, Tassos Koukouselis, Yankos Papakyriakopoulos and Petros Roussos. China’s squad was Yunlong Chen, Jianming Dai, Jianwei Li, Lixin Yang, Bangxiang Zhang and Jie Zhao.

China took the lead on board one of the first of four sets.

Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 10 ] A K 6 5 { A J 9 6 4 2 } K 6 [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5 ] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7 { — { K Q 8 3 } Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 [ A 9 4 2 ] 10 9 8 { 10 7 5 } A 9 8

Open Room West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao— 1{ Pass 1[Pass 2{ Pass Pass2] Pass Pass 3{All Pass

Koukouselis led the }4, taken by the ace in dummy. Chen called for the {10 and ran it. Koukouselis won the {Q and played another club. Chen won the king and played the {J from hand. East took the {K and switched to a spade. Chen won the ace (yes ducking twice would have worked well) and played a heart from dummy, West splitting his honors. Chen could then

pull trumps and claim, giving West a heart trick but taking the rest. At the other table the Greeks sitting North-South got too high.

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos— 1{ Pass 1[Pass 2] Pass 3{ Pass 3] Pass 3NT All Pass

Dai led the ]3, won by the ace in dummy. Roussos cashed the {A and played a diamond from hand. Yang won the {Q and played the [J to dummy’s ace. East got in with another diamond to his king and continued spades. The defenders won four spades and two diamonds to earn plus 100 for two down. That was 5 IMPs to China.

They had a bigger gain on the second deal.

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ Q 7 5 2 ] J 10 4 { 8 4 3 2 } 7 5 [ A K 8 [ J ] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2 { 9 { 6 } Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 [ 10 9 6 4 3 ] 9 { A K Q J 10 7 5 } —

Open Room West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao— — 1}* 1{Dble Pass 4NT 5{Pass Pass 5] All Pass

1} Two or more cards in the suit.

Zhao’s interference had the desired effect on the Greeks’ auction. Most pairs play DOPI (double shows zero key cards, pass shows one) when the opponents interfere over Blackwood. If East-West were using that convention, East would have known that West had an ace and he would have bid the laydown slam in clubs or hearts. Plus 480 was not a satisfying result.

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At the other table:

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos— — 1} 1NT*2} Pass 3} 4{Pass Pass 4NT Pass5} Pass 6} All Pass

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Yang and Dai brushed the eccentric 1NT overcall aside and barreled in to the club slam. That was a 10-IMP swing to China.

The match was relatively quiet for the next nine boards as China built a lead of 26-6 with three deals to go. At that point, the Greeks awoke with two big swings as they scored 25 unanswered IMPs at the end of the set. This was the first big swing:

Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ 7 ] Q { A K J 5 } A K 10 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 { 10 6 { 9 8 3 } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 ] A 10 6 { Q 7 4 2 } 4

Open Room West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao 2] Dble Pass 3NT All Pass

Zhao’s leap to 3NT seemed to stymie his partner, who took a long time before passing and leaving his side in an inferior contract. It seems that a call of 4} or even a raise to 4NT would not have been out of line for North. At any rate, West led a heart and dummy’s queen held the trick. Zhao lost only a club on his way to plus 490. The best contract, of course, is 7{.

At the other table:

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos 2] 5} Pass 6} All Pass

Doxialis left nothing to chance, just bidding what he thought (hoped?) he could make. Roussos, in turn, bid what he thought his partner could make – and he was right. Plus 920 was a 12-IMP swing for Greece, who did a repeat on the final board of the set.

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul. [ J 9 8 2 ] 7 { 8 7 } A K J 9 5 2 [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4 ] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3 { K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2 } Q 10 8 } — [ 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 { A 9 4 } 7 6 4 3

Open Room West North East South Kontomitros Chen Koukouselis Zhao— — Pass Pass 1}* 2} Dble Pass3] 4} 4] DbleAll Pass

1} Two or more clubs.

Chen led the }A, ruffed in dummy. Kontomitros played a diamond from dummy, Zhao winning the ace. He played a spade next and declarer won the ace then ruffed another club in dummy. He then cashed the ]A and played a diamond to his king. The }Q was covered by North’s king and ruffed with dummy’s ]K. A spade to the king was followed by a diamond

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to dummy’s jack. This was the ending:

[ J 9 ] — { — } 9 5 [ Q [ 10 7 ] 10 9 8 ] — { — { 10 5 } — } — [ — ] Q J 5 { — } 7

When declarer led the {10 from dummy, Zhao (South) had no answer. Declarer had eight tricks and needed only two more. If Zhao ruffed high, declarer would have two natural heart tricks. In practice, Zhao ruffed with the 5 and was overruffed. When declarer played the [Q, Zhao could ruff and cash his other high trump, but declarer would have the rest for plus 590.

At the other table, the contract was the same, but it wasn’t doubled – and it didn’t make.

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxiadis L Yang Roussos 1}* 2} 3} 4} 4] All Pass

Doxiadis led the }A, ruffed in dummy. Declarer cashed the ]A at trick two, played a diamond to his king and played a heart to dummy’s king. All of a sudden, the contract was looking very shaky.

Declarer played a spade to the ace, cashed the [K and tried the queen, but South ruffed, cashed the ]Q and played a club. Soon the defenders were claiming plus 150 for three down. That was another 12-IMP swing to the Greeks, who finished the set with a 31-26 lead.

Second set

The second of the four semifinal sets belong to the Chinese, who took an early lead and then held on to reach the halfway point up by 18 IMPs. China jumped ahead on the first board of the session.

Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ 9 7 ] A Q J 10 3 { 5 4 } A K 4 3 [ K J 10 6 [ Q 5 4 3 ] K 4 ] 9 2 { Q 10 9 7 6 { A K J 8 3 } Q 2 } J 6 [ A 8 2 ] 8 7 6 5 { 2 } 10 9 8 7 5

Open Room West North East South Papakyriak. J Li Filios Zhang — — — Pass1{ 1] 1[ 3]Pass 4] 5{ PassPass Dble All Pass

Li led the }A and continued with the }K. He could have assured a three-trick set by switching to a spade so that South could put a heart through, but he cashed the ]A and the defenders ended up plus 300 instead of plus 500. It was still a useful swing, however.

Closed Room West North East South Dai Doxialis L. Yang Roussos— — — Pass1{ 1] Dble 3]Pass Pass Dble Pass3[ All Pass

The Greeks got two clubs and the major-suit aces but that was it and East-West had plus 140 to go with plus 300 for a 10-IMP swing.

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Greece hit back on this board:

Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ Q 8 6 4 ] 5 { A K J 3 } 9 6 3 2 [ 9 [ A 3 ] A K Q 9 6 ] J 10 8 7 4 3 { Q 8 7 2 { 10 5 } Q 10 8 } A J 5 [ K J 10 7 5 2 ] 2 { 9 6 4 } K 7 4

Open Room West North East South Papakyriak. J Li Filios Zhang— — 1] 1[3}* 4{ 4] 4[Dble Pass 5] 5[Dble All Pass

3[ Heart raise with spade shortness

East-West were heading for a minus, but Zhang obviously thought he could do better by bidding on. West disagreed and led the ]Q, switching to the }8 at trick two. Filios won the }A and continued the suit, declarer winning the king. A spade to the ace was followed by the }J and declarer was two down for

minus 500. At the other table, East-West for China were allowed to play in 5], one off for minus 50. That was 11 IMPs to Greece.

The final big swing of the set came on this deal, which was a virtual duplicate of Board 18, where East-West for Greece went one down in 5] for minus 100 while their teammates at the other table were in 5[ doubled, two down for minus 500.

That made the score 29-11 in favour of China after six boards. Only 4 IMPs were scored the rest of the way and the set ended at 31-13 for the Chinese.

At the halfway point, China was in front 57-44, but against a tough team like Greece, 13 IMPs was not a safe lead.

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John Carruthers

Senior Teams Final - First Quarter

First Quarter

Both teams had survived close semifinals, WOLFSON 54-50, by hanging on after a significant halftime lead of 19 IMPs over VAN EIJCK, KAMINSKI 70-67, after staging a furious comeback against VITO, having been down 48-17 at the half.

The Teams:

WOLFSON Jeff Wolfson/Neil Silverman (USA), Benito Garozzo/Marco Masoero (Italy)

KAMINSKIAmos Kaminski/Yeshayahu LevitLeonid Podgur/Avi Kalish, Adrian Schwartz/Shalom Zeligman (Israel)

Board 1. Dealer North. Neither Vul. [ 10 ] A K 6 5 { A J 9 6 4 2 } K 6 [ K Q 8 6 3 [ J 7 5 ] Q J 4 3 2 ] 7 { — { K Q 8 3 } Q 10 3 } J 7 5 4 2 [ A 9 4 2 ] 10 9 8 { 10 7 5 } A 9 8

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero— 1{ Pass 1[Pass 2{ Pass 3{Pass 3] Pass 3NTAll Pass

Had Masoero had second sight, he’d have ducked the two-of-hearts lead and made three notrump in a canter. However, he stood a good chance of establishing diamonds with one loser, and if the heart lost to the jack or queen and a spade came back…

So, declarer won with the ace of hearts and took the ace of diamonds, then played another. Podgur made sure of a spade shift by discarding the three of spades, encouraging. Kalish won the second diamond and shifted to the jack of spades. We can see that if declarer had ducked two rounds of spades, he’d have made his contract. Masoero hoped that, with West’s discard of a spade, the suit could be blocked. Accordingly, he won the shift and played more diamonds. East won and another spade defeated the contract by a trick.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWoflson Levit Silverman Kaminski— 1{ Pass 1[Pass 2{ Pass 3{Pass 4{ Pass 4]Pass 5{ All Pass

Silverman led a club against five diamonds. Levit won with his king and played the ace and another diamond. East won and shifted to the five of spades to the ace. When Kaminski ran the eight of hearts next, and it held, East playing the seven, he had high hopes. He played another diamond to East, who played another club, this one to the ace. With no more entries to the dummy to take heart finesses, declarer ruffed a spade and drew the last trump. He was left with a heart loser at the end for minus 50 and a push.

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Board 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. [ Q 7 5 2 ] J 10 4 { 8 4 3 2 } 7 5 [ A K 8 [ J ] 7 6 5 3 ] A K Q 8 2 { 9 { 6 } Q 9 8 4 2 } A K J 10 6 3 [ 10 9 6 4 3 ] 9 { A K Q J 10 7 5 } —

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero— — 1} 1{Dble Pass 2} 2[4{ 4[ 4NT 5[Dble Pass 6} PassPass 6{ Dble All Pass

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Garozzo found that rarest of birds, the vulnerable-vs.-not sacrifice. Podgur led three rounds of spades for Kalish to ruff and a heart trick meant three down, plus 800.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski— — 1} 3{Dble Pass 4{ DblePass Pass 4NT Pass5{ Pass 6] All Pass

Levit was never made aware of the nature of Kaminski’s hand and so allowed Silverman to ‘escape’ with six hearts. Kaminski did not allow the overtrick by underleading his diamonds, instead cashing the ace for minus 980; 5 IMPs for WOLFSON.

On Board 3, Silverman mis-sorted his hand, opening one diamond on a 2=5=3=3. He ended in two diamonds on a 3-3 fit, down two vulnerable when eight tricks were available in hearts or notrump.

That gifted 8 IMPs to KAMINSKI, now leading 8-5.

Board 4. Dealer West. Both Vul. [ K Q 2 ] 6 5 3 { A 8 5 } J 10 8 4 [ A 7 4 3 [ J 10 8 ] K 9 2 ] Q 7 4 { Q J 10 2 { 9 7 6 } 9 6 } K Q 5 2 [ 9 6 5 ] A J 10 8 { K 4 3 } A 7 3

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish MasoeroPass Pass Pass 1}Dble 1NT All Pass

Garozzo declared a calm one no-trump, making eight tricks for plus 120.

At the other table, things were rather more exciting:

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Levit Silverman KaminskiPass Pass Pass 1}Dble Rdbl 1NT PassPass Dble All Pass

It would seem that if North/South can make two no-trump, they ought to be able to extract a significant penalty from one notrump doubled. Nevertheless… Kaminski led his middle spade, ducked to Levit’s queen. Levit shifted to the jack of clubs to the queen and ace. Kaminski reverted to spades; Silverman won with dummy’s ace and led the queen of diamonds to North’s ace. Levit cashed the king of spades and got out with a heart to the ten and king. Silverman took the thirteenth spade and led a diamond to the nine and king. Kaminski completed the debacle by taking the ace of hearts for the defence’s sixth and final trick; plus 180 and 7 IMPs to WOLFSON, leading 12-8.

Board 5 was a spade partial for East/West, with what looked like nine tricks; Wolfson made eight and Podgur ten, for 2 IMPs to KAMINSKI, now behind just 2 IMPs, 12-10.

Board 6 was a heart partial for North/South. Silverman defended passively and beat it a trick while Kalish was active, allowing it to make; 4 IMPs to WOLFSON, ahead 16-10.

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On Board 7, Kaminski led a heart from [965 ]10863 {A98 }632 against two no-trump-pass-three no-trump-all pass, pretty normal. That beat it a trick and won him 6 IMPs when his teammates played a diamond part score for plus 150, the defence allowing two overtricks where one overtrick was normal. That board tied the match at 16-16.

WOLFSON won 5 IMPs on Board 8 when more aggressive competition by Silverman/Wolfson pushed Levit/Kaminski too high in three hearts, down two for minus 100. A poor (or unlucky, depending on your point of view) opening lead by Kalish let Garozzo make two hearts for 5 IMPs and a 21-16 lead.

The next three boards were routine: a four-heart game making with three notrump available as well; three notrump down two at both tables and an overtrick IMP to KAMINSKI, behind 21-17.

Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [ 7 ] Q { A K J 5 } A K 10 8 7 3 2 [ J 9 5 2 [ 10 4 3 ] K J 9 5 4 ] 8 7 3 2 { 10 6 { 9 8 3 } 9 5 } Q J 6 [ A K Q 8 6 ] A 10 6 { Q 7 4 2 } 4

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero2] Dble 3] 4]Pass 6} All Pass

2] Hearts and any other suit, weak

Podgur/Kalish made life difficult, if not impossible, for Garozzo/Masoero. Plus 1370.

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BBO had Levit opening seven diamonds. One doubts that really happened but we will provide more details tomorrow. In any case, the Podgur/Kalish interference and Polish Two-Bid had won them 13 IMPs to take the lead 30-21.

Board 13 was an IMP to KAMINSKI for declaring four hearts (ten tricks) rather than three no trump (nine tricks). KAMINSKI led 31-21.

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Board 14. Dealer East. Neither Vul. [ J 9 8 2 ] 7 { 8 7 } A K J 9 5 2 [ A K Q [ 10 7 6 4 ] 10 9 8 4 ] A K 6 3 { K Q 6 { J 10 5 3 2 } Q 10 8 } — [ 5 3 ] Q J 5 2 { A 9 4 } 7 6 4 3

Open RoomWest North East SouthPodgur Garozzo Kalish Masoero— — Pass Pass1} Pass 2{ Pass2NT Pass 3] Pass4] All Pass

1} Precision2[ 5+ diamonds, 8+ HCP2NT 16-18 HCP

With nothing to guide him, Masoero led a spade. Kalish won in dummy, led a trump to hand and a diamond up. Masoero ducked, so Kalish won and with, equally, no clue from the bidding, led another heart. When Garozzo showed out, declarer ducked the heart to South, who shifted to a club. Kalish was in

big trouble now. He ruffed the club with his remaining low trump and led another diamond. Masoero ducked again, but won the third diamond to lead another club, forcing Kalish to ruff with the king of hearts. Kalish played a good diamond through Masoero, but South was able to discard his second spade on that, denying declarer entry to the dummy. South was thus able to score his remaining low trump as well as the good queen of hearts for one down, minus 50.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Levit Silverman Kaminski— — Pass Pass1NT Dble* 2}* Dble2] Pass 4] All Pass

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Levit started with the ace of clubs. Wolfson ruffed it in the dummy and cashed one high heart. He then played on diamonds, Kaminski winning the third round. Kaminski could see that a club now would only help declarer, so he exited with a spade. Wolfson won in hand and ruffed a club. He cashed the other high heart and played a diamond. South could ruff or not, but declarer’s third club would go away. It was plus 420 for Wolfson and 10 IMPs to WOLFSON.

The match was tied, 31-31 after one quarter. It had been exciting stuff.

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Senior Teams Final - Second Quarter

Schwartz and Zeligman came in to replace Levit/Kaminski. With the match tied at 31-31 …

Board 15 was a routine game bid at both tables, but down in top tricks, a push at minus 50. Board 16 was a two-diamond partial at both tables, makeable with a good view, but down one by Podgur and down two by Wolfson after calling for a wrong card from dummy. That 3 IMPs put KAMINSKI into the lead 34-31. On Board 17, KAMINSKI declared hearts at both tables. Fortunately, the contracts were only two hearts, making, for plus 110, and one heart, down three, for minus 150, to lose only 1 IMP. KAMINSKI 34-32.

There was a bit more meat on the next deal …

Board 18. Dealer East. NS Vul. [ Q 8 6 4 ] 5 { A K J 3 } 9 6 3 2 [ 9 [ A 3 ] A K Q 9 6 ] J 10 8 7 4 3 { Q 8 7 2 { 10 5 } Q 10 8 } A J 5 [ K J 10 7 5 2 ] 2 { 9 6 4 } K 7 4

Open RoomWest North East SouthKalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero— — 2{ 2[All Pass

The not-so-mysterious Multi reared its ugly head for Kalish/Podgur, who believed the East hand to be a weak two, then declined a pass-or-correct double of two spades when cold for four hearts. However, the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is, “How did Garozzo resist the temptation to raise spades?” There was never going to be any further bidding by East. In any case, the play record states that he did, and Masoero took nine tricks for plus 140, leading us to believe the record, as we cannot always do.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman— — 1] 2[3[ 4[ Dble Pass5] All Pass

Silverman was closer to the mark with his one-heart opening but and so was Schwartz with his raise to game. However, when the club finesse rather unluckily lost on the bidding, Silverman was one off for minus 50. He was thrilled to learn in the comparison that that result had won him 3 IMPs. That gave WOLFSON the lead, 35-34.

Board 19 was a part score push and Board 20 was an overtrick IMP to Silverman on less-than-optimal defence against four hearts; the match was tied once again, this time at 35-35.

On Board 21, Garozzo/Masoero bid to a very good vulnerable four hearts down on poor breaks, minus 100, and a loss of 7 IMPs when Schwartz/Zeligman missed the game and were allowed to make an overtrick for plus 170.

That opened up a 42-35 lead for KAMINSKI.

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This was the next deal:

Board 22. Dealer East. EW Vul. [ A J 8 7 ] A J 10 3 { Q 6 3 } 6 3[ K 10 5 4 [ 3 2] 7 2 ] 9 8 5 4{ A 9 { 8 7 5 4} Q 8 7 5 2 } 10 9 4 [ Q 9 6 ] K Q 6 { K J 10 2 } A K J

Open RoomWest North East SouthKalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero— — Pass 1{Pass 1] Pass 2NTPass 3}* Pass 3]*Pass 3[ Pass 4}Pass 4{ Pass 4[Pass 5NT* Pass 7]*Pass 7NT Pass PassDouble All Pass

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Garozzo/Masoero were perhaps about to make up for the ill luck served them on the previous deal when they had a misunderstanding about the meaning of five notrump. Slam is makeable in four denominations, but is not good in any of them. If Kalish had led a heart against, say, six notrump, that would have alerted Masoero to the nature of his hand and might well have resulted in declarer making the contract, either on two spade finesses or one spade finesse and a black-suit squeeze. Ironically, the slam likeliest to make was six spades, since it needed the lie of the cards that actually existed, whereas the other three slams all had losing options available to declarer.

Kalish was on firmer ground doubling seven notrump that he’d have been defending seven hearts without the lead and rubbed salt into the wound with a double.

He led the ace of diamonds and was squeezed in the black suits to hold the North/South loss to minus 100.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman— — Pass 1{Pass 1] Pass 2NTPass 3} Pass 3NTAll Pass

No alert of three clubs was indicated on the play record. Zeligman was having none of it anyway, refusing even to prefer hearts, whatever three clubs meant. On a club lead he made 12 tricks for plus 490 and a surprise 11-IMP win. KAMINSKI was out in front by 18 now, 53-35.

Board 23 was a part score undertrick battle, won by WOLFSON, plus 200 to plus 100 and 3 IMPs. They won another IMP on Board 24 with an overtrick in three notrump. 53-39.

On Board 25, the red-against-white West players, Wolfson and Kalish, held [9873 ]965 {62 }10743. They saw LHO open one diamond, partner bid one notrump and RHO double. Would you start a rescue operation? Wolfson did, running to two clubs, and sat out the double there to go for minus 800. Kalish did not run and Podgur misguessed the play to lose an extra undertrick, going for 1100 to close the gap in the match to 53-46.

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Board 26. Dealer East. Both Vul. [ J 9 3 ] K 10 6 2 { K Q } Q 9 8 2 [ A Q 4 2 [ K 10 ] J ] A 9 { A J 10 3 { 9 8 7 6 5 } A K 5 4 } J 7 6 3 [ 8 7 6 5 ] Q 8 7 5 4 3 { 4 2 } 10

Open RoomWest North East SouthKalish Garozzo Podgur Masoero— — Pass Pass1}* Pass 2{* Pass3{ Pass 3NT Pass4} Pass 4] Pass4[ Pass 5{ All Pass

1} Precision2{ 5+ diamonds, 8+ HCP

The play in five diamonds offered options. Masoero led the ten of clubs. Podgur won, came to the ace of hearts and took a diamond finesse. Garozzo won and played a heart, ruffed in dummy. This was fine defence: it made it look to Podgur as if Garozzo was trying to protect his partner’s king-third of diamonds. Still not knowing the club layout (South could have had ten-nine to some combination), Podgur crossed to the king of spades and took another diamond finesse. There was no recovery from that play and he was one off for minus 100.

Closed RoomWest North East SouthWolfson Schwartz Silverman Zeligman— — Pass Pass1} Pass 1{ Pass3] Pass 5{ All Pass

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Silverman won the club-ten lead with the ace in dummy and made it look easy by cashing the ace of diamonds. He lost a trick in each minor for plus 600 and plus 12 IMPs, to take a 5 IMP lead.

On Board 27, East/West were cold for five clubs from East and six clubs from West. Schwartz, with two aces and a king behind declarer and having bid to his own cold four-spade game, doubled 5} and Wolfson made the overtrick for plus 650. At the other table, Kalish/Podgur also got to five clubs, but Masoero took the one-down five-spade save. He received a small bonus for his perspicacity when no one doubled. Minus 50 and plus 650 meant 12 IMPs to WOLFSON, vaulting back into the lead 58-53. That lead did not outlast the next deal.

Board 28 was a six-spade slam with one outside loser and a trump suit of [A97542 opposite [KJ6. Kalish/Podgur bid the slam, Wolfson/Silverman did not. The queen-ten were doubleton in front of the KJ6, so both declarers made all the tricks when neither South player cashed the defence’s winner at trick one. Both had to lead a club from }K9832 to do so.

That meant 11 IMPs to KAMINSKI.

At the halfway point in the match, the score was KAMINSKI 64 – WOLFSON 58.

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"E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars were shining") is a romantic aria from the third act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, It is sung by Mario Cavaradossi, a painter in love with the singer Tosca, while he waits for his execution on the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo.

The aria is introduced by a sombre clarinet solo. The initial sequence of the melody (heard in outline earlier in the act, as the sky lightens and the gaoler prepares for the execution) is repeated and also restated in forte in the closing bars of the opera, as Tosca jumps from the ramparts.

On these three deals from Tuesday's play the declarer's plays were shining as brightly as the stars:

I'll start with a couple of deals from the Pairs:

Board 21. Dealer North. NS Vul. [ A K J 6 4 ] 10 { 8 } A Q 9 7 6 4 [ 7 [ Q 9 5 3 2 ] K 7 5 2 ] A Q J 6 { A K Q J { 9 6 3 } J 10 8 3 } 2 [ 10 8 ] 9 8 4 3 { 10 7 5 4 2 } K 5

West North East South Poplilov Zmuda Smederevac Dufrat — 1[ Pass Pass Dble 2} 2] Pass 3] Pass 4] All Pass

South led the king of clubs and continued the suit, declarer ruffing the second round. Secure in the knowledge that North must have at least five spades and six clubs declarer played a diamond to dummy,

ruffed a club (South pitching a diamond) and cashed the ace of hearts. Now declarer could play with open cards. She cashed two more diamonds, ruffed a club and exited with a spade. North won and returned a spade but when South ruffed with the nine of hearts declarer underruffed with dummy's five to leave South endplayed. Yes the fall of the ]10 meant the ]75 were equal against ]84 but this was more elegant!

Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. [ J 9 4 ] 8 { A 10 9 7 5 } Q 9 8 4 [ Q 6 5 [ 10 8 3 2 ] Q 7 ] K J 9 6 5 2 { K J 8 6 { Q } A 6 5 3 } J 7 [ A K 7 ] A 10 4 3 { 4 3 2 } K 10 2

West North East South — — Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 1NT Pass Pass 2] Dble All Pass

South led the ace of spades and when North followed with the four declarer deduced that the response of 1[ might have been made on a three-card suit. When South switched to the two of clubs declarer won with dummy's ace and played a diamond, North going up with the ace, cashing the queen of clubs and playing a third round of the suit. Declarer ruffed and now had to decide how to tackle the trump suit. With fingers crossed he advanced the nine of hearts and North's eight was the card he was hoping to see.

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Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. [ A ] A 6 4 2 { Q J 10 } A 10 7 5 4 [ Q 4 [ K 9 7 6 5 2 ] K Q 9 3 ] 8 { K 7 2 { 6 5 4 3 } K 9 8 2 } 6 3 [ J 10 8 3 ] J 10 7 5 { A 9 8 } Q J

West North East South Dai Koukouselis L Yang Kontomitros 1{ (Precision) 1NT Pass 2}* Pass 2] Pass 4] All Pass

East led the six of clubs for the jack, king and ace and declarer continued with the two of hearts for the eight, ten and king. He won the club return with dummy's queen, played a spade to the ace, pitched a spade on the ten of clubs, ruffed a club and played the seven of hearts. West covered with the nine and declarer won and ruffed his winning club with the jack of hearts. West overruffed and exited with his remaining trump, but declarer could win and lost only one more trick to the king of diamonds, +620.

In the other room declarer mistimed the play to finish one down, handing Greece 12 IMPs.

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David Bird

Open Teams Final - Segment 1Greece vs Higlanders

The final of the ‘main event’, the Open Teams, was to be fought between representatives of Greece and Norway. How they managed to survive until this stage, with so many world champions standing in their way, only they can know. Well played, indeed!

The action started straight away:

Board 1 Dealer North Neither Vul. [ Q 4 3 ] Q J 4 2 { Q 3 } A Q 4 2 [ A K J 10 7 5 2 [ 9] 9 3 ] 10 8 7 6 5{ 9 { J 10 8 2} 10 8 7 } J 9 6 [ 8 6 ] A K { A K 7 6 5 4 } K 5 3

Open Room West North East South Sa.Hoyland Koukouselis Sv.Hoyland Kontomitros

1NT Pass 2[ * 3[ Pass Pass 5{ All Pass

Konstantinos Kontomitros showed his diamonds with a transfer bid. It did not promise a good hand, so North had no cause to rebid 3NT. In any case, if South was strong and just needed a spade stopper, he would be able to double at his second turn. Kontomitros had a great hand and liked his chances in the diamond game.

Sam-Inge Hoyland (East/West are brothers) led the [K, asking for a count signal. When this drew the 9 and 6, it was unclear who had the remaining spade. Since South held that card and East had a natural trump trick, a continuation of the [A would have beaten the contract. West switched to the }10 and declarer was then able to draw trumps and ditch his spade loser on the hearts. +400.

There is no bidding record from the Closed Room but North made an overtrick in his contract of 4NT for a 2-IMP swing. It was an opportunity missed by the Highlanders.

Board 3 Dealer South E/W Vul. [ K 9 8 7 6 3 ] 4 { Q 10 8 2 } A 5 [ 10 5 [ 4] A K 10 9 ] Q 6 3 2{ 6 { A K J 9 5 4} Q J 10 7 6 2 } 8 4 [ A Q J 2 ] J 8 7 5 { 7 3 } K 9 3


1NT Pass 4{ Dble 4[ Dble All Pass

South’s opening bid showed 10-12 points and North’s transfer to the spade game may have been bid as a two-way shot. It was certainly very ambitious if 10 tricks in spades was the sole target. East doubled the transfer bid and South bid 4[. What should West do now?

Sam-Inge Hoyland expected his ]AK to score and if partner held the {A a diamond ruff might defeat the contract. It wouldn’t be right to double just because you held 10 points but it was a reasonable gamble on that particular West hand. He led the ]K and switched to the {6. Partner won with the {9 but declarer was able to ruff the third round of diamonds high and claim the balance. What an unbelievable hand North had found across the table: four splendid trumps, only two diamonds and the }K instead of the ]K!

Closed Room West North East South Roussos H.Eide Doxiadis L.Eide 1} 2} 2[ Dble 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass

It was an altogether gentler auction. Lars Edie opened 1} and his son, Harald, introduced the spade suit. The spade game was reached, not doubled on this occasion, and that was 5 IMPs to Greece.

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Board 6 produced a defensive tester for the West player:

Board 6 Dealer East E/W Vul. [ J 7 4 ] Q 7 3 { A K } K Q 10 4 3 [ 3 [ K Q 9 8 2] J 9 8 6 4 ] A 10 5{ Q 8 4 { 9 6} A J 8 7 } 9 5 2 [ A 10 6 5 ] K 2 { J 10 7 5 3 2 } 6


Pass Pass Pass 1} 1[ 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass

South’s 3{ implied that North would have to hold some assistance in diamonds for 3NT to be a worthwhile shot. North had the most useful doubleton possible but little by way of quick tricks outside. He put his partner into 3NT and the [3 was led, East judging to contribute the [8. Kontromitros won and unblocked dummy’s diamond honors. When he then called for the ]3, Sven-Olai Hoyland rose with the ]A and returned the [K, declarer taking the ace.

The {10 was played to the queen and the key point of the deal had been reached. West was down to ]J98 }AJ87 and could beat the contract only by cashing the }A before returning a heart to declarer’s bare king. East had not opened a weak 2[, so declarer was likely to hold four spades and six diamonds. If he had begun with two hearts and one club, cashing the }A would be right. If instead he had started with three hearts and no clubs, it seemed that he would have the contract anyway (five diamonds, two hearts and two spades).

West chose to return the ]8 to the king and declarer cashed three diamond winners. West was then endplayed with a club to give a trick not only to dummy’s stranded ]Q but the accompanying }K. Kontomitros inserted a satisfying +430 on his score-card.

Closed Room West North East South Roussos H.Eide Doxiadis L.Eide

Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2} Pass 2{ Pass 3NT All Pass

East led the [K, which was ducked. If he plays another spade now, it has to be the queen to beat the contract. His actual continuation of the [9 ran to the jack. Declarer unblocked the diamonds and finessed the [10. After a few rounds of diamonds, he led the ]K and made an overtrick for no swing.

Our next board provided the biggest swing of the session:

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Board 7 Dealer South Both Vul. [ Q 10 3 ] K J 6 { 10 6 } K 7 6 5 2 [ 9 8 7 4 [ A J 5] A Q 10 7 4 ] 3 2{ 8 7 { 9 4 3} A 4 } J 10 9 8 3 [ K 6 2 ] 9 8 5 { A K Q J 5 2 } Q


1{ 1] 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

East faced an immediate problem: should he lead his suit or partner’s? With the [A as a certain entry in his hand, he chose the }J. Right, he was over the first

hurdle. A heart lead would have allowed the game to be made. If West wins with the ]A and switches to ace and another club, declarer can simply finesse the ]J for his ninth trick. If instead West ducks the first heart, declarer can reach nine tricks by setting up a spade trick before a club.

Back at the table, West won the first trick with the }A and returned the }4, ducked to East’s }8. It was essential then for East to set up the defenders’ fifth trick by returning the }10, even though this would allow to declarer to establish an extra club trick for himself. East chose to switch to the [J and the game was made.

At the other table, after the same bidding, Konstantinos Doxiadis made no mistake. The first two tricks were the same, but East then persisted with the }10 for one down. That was 12 IMPs to Greece.

I have inspected the remainder of this session with my finest magnifying glass and could find no further board that would justify your time in reading about it. Greece took the remaining seven boards by 5 IMPs to 2 and led 23-4 with three sets of 14 boards still to be played.


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Francesca CanaliLA PAGINA ITALIANA

BIM, BUM...

Steve Hamaoui ha partecipato al torneo a squadre Board-a-Match, una formula ancora poco diffusa da noi.

In una delle smazzate del torneo, l'istruttore di Milano aveva:

Dichiarante Sud, tutti in prima[ J 8 x x] J 10 x{ — } Q 10 x x x x

La licita si è sviluppata così:

Ovest Nord Est Sud Steve 1{Pass 1[ Pass 2[Contro 2SA ?

2SA chiede lunghezza a picche

Cosa avreste dichiarato nei panni di Steve?

Non volendo che gli avversari si scambiassero informazioni, Steve è saltato a 5}!

La manche è stata contrata, per il punteggio finale di -300 per il rappresentante di "il Bridge - Milano" a Montecatini. Un risultato che è fruttato il board, perché in questa smazzata Nord/Sud possono fare 5{.

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1 MAHMOOD Zia MECKSTROTH Jeff USA - USA 60.602 VAN LANKVELD Joris VAN DEN BOS Berend NED - NED 60.043 ALLERTON Jeffrey JAGGER Chris ENG - ENG 59.864 NAWROCKI Piotr WIANKOWSKI Piotr POL - POL 59.775 HELGEMO Geir HELNESS Tor MON - MON 58.726 BYRNE Michael DYKE Kieran ENG - AUS 58.177 VERBEEK Tim BILDE Dennis NED - DEN 57.388 VANDERVORST Mike BAHBOUT Sam BEL - BEL 57.179 LOUCHART Pierre-Jean CRESTEY Gilles FRA - FRA 56.8210 BOMPIS Marc VINCIGUERRA Herve FRA - FRA 56.4111 VOLHEJN Vit MACURA Milan CZE - CZE 56.2212 KOLATA Suleyman KANDEMIR Ismail TUR - TUR 56.1813 MIHAI Geta MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 55.7214 PEREIRA Paulo G PALMA Antonio POR - POR 55.7115 GROMOV Andrey ORLOV Sergey RUS - RUS 55.3716 RYSKIN Alexander RYSKINA Natalia RUS - RUS 55.3517 SUZER Ugurcan USLUPEHLIVAN Sarper TUR - TUR 55.1418 JOHNSEN Sverre STOKKELAND Lsmund NOR - NOR 55.1019 HAMPSON Geoff TCHAMITCH Haig USA - LIB 54.7620 VANCHEV Angel ZAHARIEV Zahari BUL - BUL 54.6821 MALINOWSKI Artur BAKHSHI David ENG - ENG 54.6422 VOLL Roar KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn NOR - NOR 54.6223 HYDES Alexander MOSSOP David ENG - ENG 54.5724 NORGAARD Tom PEDERSEN Jan DEN - DEN 54.5225 IONITA Marius STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 54.5126 VERSACE Alfredo TOKAY Mustafa Cem ITA - TUR 54.5127 KVANGRAVEN N Kare TUNDAL Ulf Haakon NOR - NOR 54.5028 BESSIS Thomas LORENZINI Cedric FRA - FRA 54.4929 FREDIN Peter BERTHEAU Peter SWE - SWE 54.4630 KOLESNIK Alex SCARAMUZZI Roberto USA - USA 54.3731 VULCAN Bogdan TEODORESCU Cornel ROM - ROM 54.3432 STRZEMECKI Wojciech ZAWADA Przemyslaw POL - POL 54.3233 KOVALCHUK Rodion KOLYADENKO Sergey UKR - UKR 54.1834 SILVERSTEIN Aaron ROSENTHAL Andrew USA - USA 54.1735 COLDEA Ionut MARINA Bogdan ROM - ROM 53.9436 ROHOWSKY Roland GRUENKE Paul GER - GER 53.8937 BARANTIEV Nikola RALEV Georgi BUL - BUL 53.8738 TOWNSEND Tom PADON Dror ENG - ISR 53.8739 TEMBOURET Romain LHUISSIER Nicolas FRA - FRA 53.7140 TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav RON Jacob NZL - DEN 53.7141 HOMONNAY Geza WINKLER Gabor HUN - HUN 53.6342 EZION Amir ZAMIR Ami ISR - ISR 53.6243 ROMANOVSKA Maija JANSONS Ugis LAT - LAT 53.5844 ANKLESARIA Keyzad KHANDELWAL Rajeev IND - IND 53.5445 NANEV Ivan STEFANOV Julian BUL - BUL 53.5446 JELENIEWSKI Marek MARKS Rafal POL - POL 53.4947 JANSMA Jan BERKOWITZ David NED - USA 53.4448 MULTON Franck ZIMMERMANN Pierre MON - MON 53.4249 HONYEK Andras SZENTANDRASI G HUN - HUN 53.3550 RUBINS Karlis LORENCS Martins LAT - LAT 53.3351 BAREKET Ilan LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 53.2652 FELMY Matthias EGGELING Marie GER - GER 53.1553 BIZON Piotr KOWALSKI Dariusz POL - POL 53.1354 FASTING Espen C. DRANGSHOLT Stig NOR - NOR 53.1155 LEWIS Marshall WILDAVSKY Adam CRO - USA 53.0956 BALDI Matteo MURGIA Francesco ITA - ITA 53.0957 ROMBAUT Jerome COMBESCURE Francois FRA - FRA 53.0258 DINC Sedat UNAL Serkan TUR - TUR 53.0259 SZABO Csaba HODOSI Peter HUN - HUN 52.9660 ELLINGSEN Kristian SYRRIST Andre NOR - NOR 52.9461 CONTI Fabrizio VILLANI Claudio ITA - ITA 52.9262 BOREVKOVIC Goran MARINOVSKI Kiril CRO - CRO 52.8963 VAN MIDDELEM Guy DEBUS Eric BEL - BEL 52.8864 KHAZANOV Igor LEBEDEVA Maria RUS - RUS 52.8465 NAB Bart DRIJVER Bob NED - NED 52.8366 DONCIU Sabin-Horia COTESCU D Bogdan ROM - ROM 52.8167 CORNELL Michael BACH Ashley NZL - NZL 52.7868 SARMENTO Paulo BARBOSA Joao POR - POR 52.6769 GRIGORIU Mihai PIROI Andrei ROM - ROM 52.5470 ROBSON Andrew ALLFREY Alexander ENG - ENG 52.4671 ZHMAK Maksim CURLIN Igor CZE - SER 52.4472 SANDQVIST Nicklas GROSSET Christophe ENG - FRA 52.4373 BERSET Ole LIE Terje NOR - NOR 52.4174 MAAT Roeland DE MEER Mark NED - NED 52.38

75 WADEMARK Olle ORNERDAL Niclas SWE - SWE 52.2876 STAMATOV Jerry DANAILOV Diyan BUL - BUL 52.2777 CHUMAK Yuliy ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 52.2178 DRAGANOV Zhivko DONEV Grozio BUL - BUL 52.1579 JOHANSEN Lars Arthur GRUDE Tor Eivind NOR - NOR 52.1280 STOKKVIK Dag-Jorgen SIVERTSEN Are NOR - NOR 52.0981 MARTENS Krzysztof FILIPOWICZ Dominik MON - POL 52.0982 MIHOV Vladimir KARAKOLEV Georgi BUL - BUL 52.0583 IVANOV Ivan IVANOV Antoni BUL - BUL 52.0584 SHUSTER Michael DINKIN Sam USA - USA 52.0585 PROKHOROV Dmitri VOROBEI Pavel RUS - RUS 52.0586 LUCCHESI Giovanni FERRO Giuseppe ITA - ITA 52.0487 LUIS Carlos TEIXEIRA Miguel POR - POR 52.0288 HANLON Tom CARROLL John IRL - IRL 51.9889 SERPOI Gheorghe STIRBU Calin ROM - ROM 51.8690 MICHAUD-L. Xavier DE MENDEZ Thierry MON - SUI 51.8391 BOWLES Andy MOHANDES Shireen ENG - ENG 51.7192 RASMUSSEN Arild FYRUN Kjell Gaute NOR - NOR 51.6993 PIGEAUD Fabienne RENOUARD J.-Claude FRA - FRA 51.6794 HOFTANISKA Thor Erik HELNESS Fredrik NOR - NOR 51.6295 IMAMOGLU Levent GUNDOGDU M. Guney TUR - TUR 51.5696 WINKEL Marcel VAN HOOIJDONK M. NED - NED 51.4997 ROSCIANO Maurizio BERNABEI Giusy ITA - ITA 51.4898 DESMOULINS J. Pierre COUNIL Jean-Louis FRA - FRA 51.3199 ZUBAN Vitaly LUKKE YURY UKR - UKR 51.31100 HINDEN Frances OSBORNE Graham ENG - ENG 51.29101 SVENDSEN Jan Petter AASENG Lasse NOR - NOR 51.29102 COKGOR Tamer KAYA Erdogan TUR - TUR 51.27103 GRINBERG Nir COVALIU Sergiu ISR - ISR 51.22104 URMAN Lior TOLEDANO Oren ISR - ISR 51.20105 PRESTI Matteo ZANASI Gabriele ITA - ITA 51.20106 JONES Edward PASKE Thomas ENG - ENG 51.17107 MUKHERJEE Sumit MAJUMDER Debabrata IND - IND 51.15108 SAELENSMINDE Erik GILLIS Simon NOR - ENG 51.15109 BORISOV Borislav BOSEV STOYCHO BUL - BUL 51.14110 CHORNY Mikhail MEDVEDEV Oleg ISR - ISR 51.12111 DRAGAN Volodymyr PORKHUN Volodymyr UKR - UKR 51.10112 HOOGENKAMP Ed HELLE Rob NED - NED 51.07113 KNOB Markus WANHA Clemens AUT - AUT 51.07114 VAINIKONIS Vytautas OLANSKI Wojtek LTU - LTU 50.99115 KUBAC Nezih ZORLU Nafiz TUR - TUR 50.92116 PIEDRA Fernando IGLA Bartlomiej SUI - SUI 50.82117 LAKATOS Peter BIRMAN Alon HUN - ISR 50.72118 BRANDSNES Finn RYNNING Erik NOR - NOR 50.65119 PESSOA Sofia PAZ Nuno POR - POR 50.64120 SEREK Cezary WOZNIAK Marcin POL - POL 50.63121 STRETZ Francois MORAWSKI Dariusz FRA - FRA 50.61122 VESTERLUND Andreas BRAENDVANG Morten NOR - NOR 50.55123 SIELICKI Tomasz TUCZYNSKI Piotr POL - POL 50.52124 VELICHKOV Veselin VELICHKOV Ivan BUL - BUL 50.52125 MORITSCH Massimo BORTOLETTI Carlo ITA - ITA 50.44126 NARKIEWICZ Grzegorz INGIELEWICZ Zdzislaw POL - POL 50.44127 ZORIC Vedran STANICIC Ognjen CRO - CRO 50.41128 KUCHARSKI Piotr KLIS Maciej POL - POL 50.39129 ARONOV Victor DAMIANOVA Diana BUL - BUL 50.33130 CAPPELLINI Paolo PAONE Alessandro ITA - ITA 50.23131 IAVICOLI Federico DELLE CAVE Giuseppe ITA - ITA 50.19132 DABROWSKI Maciej PAWLAK Andrzej POL - POL 50.19133 GERASIMOV Alexej RAPOPORT Vadim RUS - RUS 49.94134 MARRO Christophe AUDIBERT William FRA - FRA 49.92135 STOLINSKI Robert KRASNICKI Mariusz POL - POL 49.91136 GOLD David CASTNER Kevin ENG - GER 49.86137 FAILLA Giuseppe DE MICHELIS Luca ITA - ITA 49.77138 LUCENO Salvatore PACI Vincenzo ITA - ITA 49.71139 ROBERT Quentin FRANCESCHETTI P. FRA - FRA 49.62140 CHMURSKI Bartosz CHALUPEC Igor POL - POL 49.59141 BRUNET Frederic ANCESSY Arnaud FRA - FRA 49.55142 HUGONY Fabrizio VINCI Francesco Saverio ITA - ITA 49.47143 EKINCI Orhan KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf TUR - TUR 49.44144 SIMONSEN S. Fredrik BAKKE Christian NOR - NOR 49.31145 BENNETT Roy SMITH Harry SCO - SCO 49.12146 DI FRANCO Max GUTIIERREZ-H. Myriam ITA - ESP 49.05147 ZADIK Erez SHEFFY Ron ISR - ISR 49.01148 BRENNER Diego ANIDJAR Nina BRA - ESP 49.00

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149 WILLENKEN Chris BERKOWITZ Dana USA - USA 48.95150 ELIASSEN Erik ANFINSEN Espen NOR - NOR 48.91151 ROLL Yossi LEVIN Amir ISR - ISR 48.90152 ROSENTHAL Lee GREEN Marcia ISR - ENG 48.85153 NEGOESCU Anton FLORIN Filip ROM - ROM 48.82154 SCHOLLAARDT M. VAN OVERBEEKE Tom NED - NED 48.76155 ZACK Yaniv COHEN Ilan ISR - ISR 48.73156 NILSSON Ulf STREET Paul SWE - USA 48.72157 PRATESI Andrea BONINSEGNA Paolo ITA - ITA 48.68158 POPOV Borislav SKORCHEV Stefan BUL - BUL 48.64159 VITALE Riccardo GRILLO Alberto ITA - ITA 48.61160 SPRINKHUIZEN Thibo MENDES DE LEON Guy NED - NED 48.51161 DOBROIU Constantin DIMA Ionut Claudiu ROM - ROM 48.50162 DESSAIN Tom KABAN Tugrul ENG - ENG 48.42163 STERKIN Alexei MATUSHKO Georgi RUS - RUS 48.41164 ADAD Pierre MATEOS-RUIZ Franck FRA - FRA 48.34165 GOTARD Barbara GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 48.28166 KISELEV Andrey IVANOV Anatoly RUS - RUS 48.27167 GADDI Camillo ROSSI Carlo SMR - ITA 48.21168 AUKEN Sabine WELLAND Roy GER - GER 48.17169 DOBRIN Florin BACALU Iancu ROM - ROM 48.10170 FRANCHI Arrigo PERCARIO Giacomo ITA - ITA 48.00171 HENNEBERG Marlene HENNEBERG Jens Ove DEN - DEN 47.99172 McLEISH Paula McLEISH David AUS - AUS 47.97173 MIOZZI Cristiano FELLUS Robin ITA - ITA 47.96174 SHAMI Anisia CAMP Owen NZL - NZL 47.92175 SOLBERG Erik SAKSGARD Cato NOR - NOR 47.90176 MARTINUSSEN Stig PAULSEN Dag Heldal NOR - NOR 47.87177 ILLINGWORTH Richard TRECARICHI Salvatore ENG - ITA 47.83178 NIKOLCHEV Klimentin SIMEONOV Krasimir BUL - BUL 47.69179 MIRME Mikk PARKER Valev EST - EST 47.66180 NUHOGLU Sevil TUNCOK Cenk TUR - USA 47.64181 LUPSAN Octavian LUPSAN Corina ROM - ROM 47.58182 DELLA SETA Umberto DELLA SETA Livio ITA - ITA 47.53183 LEVINGER Asa HETZ Nathan ISR - ISR 47.51184 EFRAIMSSON Bengt-E. ZACK EFRAIMSSON A. SWE - SWE 47.49185 LANZAROTTI Massimo ZALESKI Romain ITA - ITA 47.34186 DUMITRASCU Florin MARCU Codrin ROM - ROM 47.33187 BUDINSZKY Andras TALYIGAS Andras HUN - HUN 47.26188 VARDAR Rifat KAYA Murat TUR - TUR 47.15189 MILMAN Victor STELMASHENKO N. ENG - ENG 47.14190 STEPHENS Robert VAN VUGHT Lex RSA - RSA 47.14191 SADAR Joze RASULA Bogdan SLO - SLO 47.08192 PUNCH Sam PETERKIN Stephen SCO - SCO 47.04193 DELESTRE Blandine DELESTRE Daniel FRA - FRA 47.01194 GOTZOV Svetomir TAKOV TIHOMIR BUL - BUL 46.86195 MARINCHEV Rumen ALEKSIEV Slavi BUL - BUL 46.81196 HENDEN Arve HENDEN Anders Egil NOR - NOR 46.79197 TEN OEVER Erik PARRA Gabriella NED - NED 46.66198 GHIGHECI Ovidiu BRICIU Marius ROM - ROM 46.56

199 SENK Matija RUS Gregor SLO - SLO 46.53200 JOHANSSON Anders HAUGE Tor Anders SWE - NOR 46.47201 GOZUBUYUKOGLU P. VALTISIARIS Dennis TUR - ENG 46.45202 ENGEBRETSEN Geir HILDREMYR Terje NOR - NOR 46.45203 PUGLIA Alessandro ZAMPINI Fabio ITA - ITA 46.35204 COLOTTO Giuseppe POCHINI Claudio ITA - ITA 46.15205 BACH Peer LICHTNECKER Setsuko NZL - NZL 46.12206 BROCCOLI Franco GIANNINI Silvia ITA - ITA 46.06207 BARRETT Geoffrey S J. LOMBARDINI Donna USA - USA 46.01208 HANSEN Reidun M. MOE Haavard NOR - NOR 45.98209 KLOET Jos ARENDSE Wim NED - NED 45.76210 HARRIS Jonathan ROOT STEVEN ENG - ENG 45.67211 HAUGE Rune MCINTOSH Daniel NOR - ENG 45.39212 KONIG Siegfried MILL Justin AUS - AUS 45.33213 CARACCI Marcelo CUEVAS Loreto CHI - CHI 45.32214 OLSEN Jan Arild PEDERSEN Per Elvin NOR - NOR 44.97215 GERARDI Angelo GRANA Marco Antonio ITA - ITA 44.92216 ZUR-CAMPANILE Migry McALLISTER John G. USA - USA 44.87217 CHIPAIL Gheorghe CONSTANTINESCU R. ROM - ROM 44.86218 SALMAN Yusuf SALMAN Yalcin TUR - TUR 44.81219 GIANNESSI Sergio BARTOLINI Tiziano ITA - ITA 44.49220 DENIZCI Volkan CMIEL Thorsten TUR - GER 44.45221 NAEGELI Irene NAEGELI Heinrich SUI - SUI 44.41222 ISTVAN Vidami ZOLTAN Magyari ROM - ROM 44.33223 COPE Simon BOWLEY Richard ENG - ENG 44.28224 IONESCU Sorin S. SIRB Marius Titus ROM - ROM 43.93225 CARIC Jurica BLAZENCIC Davor CRO - CRO 43.83226 OH Hye Min KIM Daehong KOR - KOR 43.52227 MARMONTI Dario MASSA Gaetano ITA - ITA 43.50228 MALUISH Annette E. MILL Andrew John AUS - AUS 43.50229 SPANU Carlo DOLIA Mauro ITA - ITA 43.01230 TER LAARE Marco MOLLE Linda NED - NED 42.78231 BAR Gili ARBEL David ISR - ISR 42.62232 CHADHA Gad RIMBOIU Corneliu ENG - ENG 42.61233 KRISTJANSSON Bjarni AUDUNSSON G. ISL - ENG 42.49234 TACIUC Lucian STANCESCU C. ROM - SUI 42.15235 CAPAL Steve HARRIS Jeniffer ENG - ENG 42.04236 OTVOSI Ervin STEPINSKI Jerem POL - POL 41.95237 ZUBOV Vsevolod FILIPPOV Vasiliy RUS - RUS 41.89238 SUICMEZ Erke KOPUZ Sadi TUR - TUR 41.72239 CREZZINI Luciano AVARELLO Giulio ITA - ITA 41.62240 KIM Hye Young KANG Seongseok KOR - KOR 41.59241 HARDEMAN Annemie HRISTOV Yulian BEL - BEL 41.41242 NYMOEN Arnstein PALAGI Marcello NOR - NOR 41.27243 MEDUSEI Andrea BOBBIO Giovanni ITA - ITA 40.32244 ZHU Jianyu JIANG Yong Kang NZL - NZL 40.14245 JANSSEN Loes HALKES Ronald NED - NED 39.83246 GIACOMINI Gabriele AGOSTINELLI Orietta ITA - ITA 38.81

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1 WANG Wen Fei SHEN (1) Qi CHN - CHN 63.562 HOUMOLLER Bjorg BUUS THOMSEN Signe DEN - DEN 59.553 VAN ZWOL Wietske TICHA Magdalena NED - NED 58.404 HUANG Yan WANG Nan CHN - CHN 57.735 ADUT Vera YAVAS Dilek TUR - TUR 57.046 LU Yan LIU Yan CHN - CHN 55.117 BROCK Sally SANDFORD Debbie ENG - ENG 53.658 VLIEGENTHART M HENGEVELD Rosalind NED - NED 53.079 ZMUDA Justyna DUFRAT Katarzyna POL - POL 52.9510 BESSIS Veronique PUILLET Carole FRA - FRA 52.8811 CUZZI Monica BRAMBILLA Federica ITA - ITA 52.2712 PILIPOVIC Marina SVER Nikica CRO - CRO 51.8513 NOSACKI Michal SAADA Nathalie ISR - ISR 50.5914 COLONNA Ornella CARNICELLI Francesca ITA - ITA 50.5815 GODFREY Lizzie COHEN Pauline ENG - ENG 50.4516 GROSS Susanna BROWN Fiona ENG - ENG 50.0817 D'OVIDIO Catherine SEAMON-MOLSON J FRA - USA 49.8218 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka POPLILOV Matilda FRA - ISR 49.4319 HOLMOY Stine ANJER Maja Rom NOR - NOR 48.0420 HELNESS Gunn BLAAGESTAD Lise NOR - NOR 48.0021 BAKER Lynn McCALLUM Karen USA - USA 47.8922 MAINOLDI Monica GIBERTONI Rita ITA - ITA 47.6723 GRUDE Liv Marit OIGARDEN B Nyheim NOR - NOR 47.5424 PIGNATTI Katia GROSSI Simonetta ITA - ITA 47.2525 ROJKO Silvana PICHLER Eva SLO - AUT 45.8926 KURANOGLU Serap ATES Ebru TUR - TUR 45.5627 RIGNEY Teresa KENNY Joan IRL - IRL 45.3428 PICUS Sue MULLER Renata USA - CRO 43.8529 ELMAS Tuna ERKAN Berrak TUR - TUR 43.7130 DI MARTINO Tiziana CIMA Fabiola ITA - ITA 42.8632 GEMIGNANI Manuela GIACOMELLI Susetta ITA - ITA 35.11

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1 MOURGUES Jennifer HUBERSCHWILLER AL FRA - FRA 63.872 CHEDIAK Virginia SIVERTSVIK Ranja NOR - NOR 61.903 VETRUSHKOVA-K V. KOSTOVA Liya BUL - BUL 61.294 SARNIAK Anna CZAJKA Iwona POL - POL 58.235 ROMASHOVA Veronika DOBRUSHINA E RUS - RUS 58.106 YANEVA Valya PANCHEVA Boriana BUL - BUL 56.737 ROSSANO Enza CIVIDIN DE SARIO Sara ITA - ITA 55.938 DOWLING-LONG Hilary PENDER Gilda IRL - IRL 55.869 LYBAEK Astrid Steen OPSAL Kari-Anne NOR - NOR 55.3210 BURATTI Monica AGHEMO Monica ITA - ITA 55.1011 MENEZES Lucia VIDIGAL Ana Carolina BRA - BRA 53.4312 ZOCHOWSKA Joanna SALONEN Irmeli FRA - FRA 52.9813 ARNONE Marcella IACHELLA Giovanna ITA - ITA 51.8714 CUMMINS Carol Anne NEWELL Sandra IRL - IRL 51.8615 CHAVARRIA Margherita MONETA Alessandra ITA - ITA 51.5316 DELLARMI Cristina AGNELLI Maria Teresa ITA - ITA 50.9617 GILLILAND Dolores WHELAN Maria IRL - IRL 50.8318 PAOLUZI Simonetta SERANGELI Franca ITA - ITA 50.8219 CECCONI Patrizia STRIZZI Maria Beatrice ITA - SMR 50.4220 PANELLA Ana FRANCO Marta ESP - ESP 50.4221 CHILD Christine WHELAN Avril RSA - IRL 50.3522 ARAMI Ruth SCHWARTZ Kohava ISR - ISR 49.7523 ROSI Tiziana BACOCCOLI Antonella ITA - ITA 49.1324 AGRILLO Cinzia MOFAHKAMI Shahla ITA - ITA 48.2025 NILSEN Louise MARFELL Connie NOR - USA 48.0226 BOSCHI Loretta GRAVA Patrizia ITA - ITA 48.0027 CARMONA Irene AGUADO DE C. M ESP - ESP 47.8228 EIDE Lisbeth Aulid KELLY-ROGERS Mary NOR - IRL 47.7229 SJODAL Elisabeth G SJODAL Sofie Grasholt NOR - NOR 46.5730 HEYWOOD Jo-Anne FOSTER Sally AUS - AUS 46.3031 JOYCE Emer FITZGERALD Jeannie IRL - IRL 46.0632 LANGER Darina NIKITINE Ruth SUI - SUI 45.6433 LIND Tine THRANE Helle W DEN - DEN 45.4134 TIMONEY Mary BRADY Mary IRL - IRL 45.0035 HEAVEY Ann-Marie CODY Betty IRL - IRL 43.8136 PISANI Rosanna ROMANO Elisa ITA - ITA 43.5837 SORESINI Antonella MORELLI Ambra ITA - ITA 43.0938 ROSSLEE Diana FOSTER Brenda RSA - RSA 43.0439 BRKLJACIC Tihana KULOVIC-PROBST S CRO - CRO 42.1540 DONNELLAN Joan MCENTEE Orla IRL - IRL 41.6041 PEDERZOLI Giuliana NOVO Antonella ITA - ITA 40.81

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1 LALL Hemant MILNER Reese USA - USA 60.482 TOFFIER Philippe GOMBERT Pascal FRA - FRA 56.153 MICHALEK Jerzy WALA Wlodzimierz POL - POL 55.874 SCHWARTZ Adrian ZELIGMAN Shalom ISR - ISR 54.145 KOWALSKI Apolinary ROMANSKI Jacek POL - POL 54.076 SABBATINI Stefano COMELLA Amedeo ITA - ITA 53.937 ILNICKI Wlodzimierz CABAJ Stephan POL - POL 53.898 GOLDBERG Lars GOLDBERG Ulla-Britt SWE - SWE 53.879 MARSAL Reiner KLUMPP Herbert GER - GER 52.3110 DHONDY Jeremy KENDRICK David ENG - ENG 52.2511 LESNICZAK Jacek KOZYCZKOWSKI Jerzy POL - GER 52.1812 VAN EIJCK Willem GOSSCHALK Willem NED - NED 51.6313 CRONIER Philippe MARILL Philippe FRA - FRA 51.2514 MASOERO Franco VASSALLO Massimo ITA - ITA 51.1415 BETTINETTI Giampiero MARINO Leonardo ITA - ITA 50.9416 GORDON Irving DUNCAN Sandy SCO - SCO 49.9217 KOWALCZYK Stefan SUCHARKIEWICZ Jan POL - POL 49.6918 WENNING Ulrich FRERICHS Hans GER - GER 49.3819 MAIER John HASHIMOTO George SUI - SUI 49.3720 ULIVAGNOLI Gino NEROZZI Paolo ITA - ITA 49.2921 JOHANSSON Jons CARLSSON Kjell SWE - SWE 48.6722 LOHAY Karol HENC Marian SVK - SVK 48.6023 PODGUR Leonid KALISH Avi ISR - ISR 47.7924 HRISTOV Hristo RUSEV Tony BUL - BUL 47.3125 VIVALDI Antonio SAVELLI Lorenzo ITA - ITA 45.9326 TROUWBORST Jaap DOREMANS Nico NED - NED 45.5627 FULGA Cristian MARCULETIU Victor ROM - ROM 45.4428 CALDARELLI Verino VECCHI Lanfranco ITA - ITA 44.4629 CATA Stefano PENNESTRI Carmelo ITA - ITA 44.4530 TYMIANKER Noah BERKMAN Meir ISR - ISR 44.2631 SILVERMAN Neil WOLFSON Jeff USA - USA 43.1832 GWINNER Hans-H SCHOELLKOPF A GER - SUI 41.59

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1 FILIP Anatol VELECKY Eduard CZE - SVK 61.542 HOLMBAKKEN Johnny LINDQVIST Petter H. NOR - NOR 58.253 CHAUDHURI Amit BOURQUIN Helmut ESP - ESP 55.554 POPESCU Catalin BALUNA Mihail ROM - ROM 54.905 RASANEN Seppo FABRITIUS Joakim FIN - FIN 54.596 PAVLIN Milan SUMER Alfonz SLO - SLO 53.977 KEPECS Gabor MIRK Gabor HUN - HUN 53.798 PASSARINHO Joao PIDAL Agatha ESP - ESP 52.619 CHAMBERLAIN R SHIELDS Patrick ENG - WAL 52.6010 LIPPI Aldo Giovanni BARONCELLI Stefano ITA - ITA 52.3311 CASTREN Seppo SIHVOLA Matti FIN - FIN 51.9112 PAJAK Stanislaw IWANSKI Andrzej POL - POL 51.6113 DAVI Angelo ROMANI Carlo ITA - ITA 51.2614 VINJEVOLL Oddbjorn AARDAL Jorund NOR - NOR 51.0915 STRATER Bernhard KRATZ Ulrich GER - GER 51.0616 SZENBERG Stefan MILASZEWSKI Miroslaw POL - POL 50.9817 BANKOGLU Ergun TOLUN Reha TUR - TUR 50.5418 RESTA Guido DE FALCO Dano ITA - ITA 50.2719 DANYLYUK Tetyana DANYLYUK Volodymyr UKR - UKR 50.0520 CHIZZOLI Paolo JELMONI Giampao ITA - ITA 49.9521 TAGA Fethiye INAN Sanem TUR - TUR 49.6022 AVRON Anit HUBER Elymelech ISR - ISR 49.5523 KOVACS (2) Zoltan CAMPIAN Dan ROM - ROM 49.2124 NEDELTCHEV Zlatko RADEV Radi BUL - BUL 49.1325 HOLMGREN Kjell WESTLIN Ulf SWE - SWE 48.7826 CANESCHI Luca TAVIANI Paola ITA - ITA 48.3527 GRYNCZEWSKI I BAK Slawomir POL - POL 47.6728 PRAYER-GALLETTI S TOSI Stefano ITA - ITA 47.4829 MATTSSON Goran WEISZ Georg GER - GER 46.4830 LEONARDI Alberto AMMENDOLIA Rina ITA - ITA 44.4731 JONES Martin BACON Hugh ENG - ENG 43.9532 CARROLL MARTIN KENNEDY John G IRL - IRL 43.5333 YALMAN Ali YALMAN Gracia TUR - TUR 43.4834 CURRAN Harold KENT-WEBSTER H IRL - IRL 41.5335 TOGNI Pietro TOLU William ITA - ITA 39.41

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O P E N T E A M S K OO P E N T E A M S K O ERA Andrei ARLOVICH, Alexander DUBININ, Andrey GROMOV, Ron PACHTMAN, Erikas VAINIKONIS, Piotr ZATORSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI cpt

CHATEAU ROSSENOVO Nikola BARANTIEV, Antoni IVANOV, Ivan IVANOV, Georgi RALEV, N BARANTIEV cpt

HEIMDAL Terje AA, Per E AUSTBERG, Jan Tore BERG, Glenn GROETHEIM, Allan LIVGARD, Petter TONDEL, I HJELLEMARKEN cpt

CHINA OPEN Yunlong CHEN, Jianming DAI, Jianwei LI, Lixin YANG, Bangxiang ZHANG, Jie ZHAO, Gang CHEN cpt

PSZCZOLA Josef BLASS, Sjoert BRINK, Bas DRIJVER, Jacek KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jacek PSZCZOLA pt

GREECE K DOXIADIS, Aris FILIOS, K KONTOMITROS, T KOUKOUSELIS, Y PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS, Petros ROUSSOSROUROUSSOSSOSSLAVAZZA Alejandro BIANCHEDI, Dennis BILDE, Norberto BOCCHI, Giorgio DUBOIN, Agustin MADALA, Antonio SEMEN-TA, Maria Teresa LAVAZZA cpt, Massimo ORTENSI coach,, pp ,,

SHOKOLATA Ilan BAREKET, Ismail KANDEMIR, Su-leyman KOLATA, Assaf LENGY, Amir LEVIN, Yossi ROLL, Ilan BAREKET cpt

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GRY FOREVER Christian BAKKE, Tor Eivind GRUDE, Lars A JOHANSEN, Steffen F SIMONSEN

POLAND Maciej DABROWSKI, Marek JELENIEWSKI, Rafal MARKS, Lech OHRYSKO, Andrzej PAWLAK, Pawel SZYMASZCZYK, Maciej DABROWSKI

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GREECE 20 40

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MORAN 24 18

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POLAND 37 12

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GREECE 31 13

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